JL55Japan Airlines · ORD → NRT
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Japan Airlines

JL55 ChicagoORD · 11:25 TokyoNRT · 13:25

JL55 by Japan Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Tokyo (NRT) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Tokyo · off blocks 11:22 · 3 min early
13:52

estimated arrival at NRT · local time · ~7h 20m from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
NRT3,872 mi · ~7h 20m leftORD
38,000 ftAltitudecruising
533 mphSpeed463 kt
284°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 4h 50m

Typical gate push−1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
−3 gate
10-24
−5 gate · −10 arrival
10-23
+11 gate · −6 arrival
10-22
−1 gate · −9 arrival
10-21
+3 gate · +24 arrival
10-20
−26 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −9 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
NRTTokyoOn-time likelyNRT delay board →
ORD→NRTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.4%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at ORD and NRT are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How JL55 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for JL55 across the ORD and NRT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~12 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how JL55 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-25ORD 11:25 11:22 (−3)NRT
10-24ORD 10:15 10:10 (−5)NRT 13:25 13:15 (−10)
10-23ORD 10:15 10:26 (+11)NRT 13:25 13:19 (−6)
10-22ORD 10:15 10:14 (−1)NRT 13:25 13:16 (−9)
10-21ORD 10:15 10:18 (+3)NRT 13:25 13:49 (+24)
10-20ORD 10:15NRT 13:25 12:59 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: JA842J, JA843J, JA845J, JA839J.

Board clocks recorded as ORD and NRT published them.

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